The brown bin

For food and garden waste.

Food waste recycling

All households with a kerbside collection regardless of where they live are now entitled to a “brown bin” for food and garden waste. Householders can simply separate cooked and raw food and leave the bin out as part of your normal kerbside waste collection so it can be sent to a composting site or to an anaerobic digestion plant to make green energy.

What goes in the brown bin?

Food waste includes all cuttings, peels or leftovers from your kitchen like:

Raw & cooked food
Eggshells
Fruit & veg
Dairy products
Bread
Coffee grinds & tea bags
Kitchen roll/tissue
Meat & fish

Light garden waste includes

grass and plant clippings,
twigs
small branches

Light garden waste can be collected in a wheeled bin or in an atypical receptacle, like a skip bag, that must be agreed with your Local Authority. The garden waste must be collected at least monthly from March 1st to October 31st.